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11/29/12

History doesn’t repeat itself but it rhymes ~ Attributed to Mark Twain One of the highlights on Election Night 2012 was when Obama alluded to Hurricane Sandy in his victory speech , saying that we all want our children to live in an America that isn’t threatened by the destructive power of a...

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Dave Room

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

11/29/12

It is hard to think of breathing as a luxury—but for my granddaughter that is her constant reality. Our family lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, which is one of the smoggiest cities in the country, largely because it’s surrounded by a ring of five coal-fired plants. In the five generations that...

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Patricia Moore

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

11/29/12

I am Katie Fink, one of the Environmental and Climate Justice Leadership Fellows working specifically on Region 7. I am originally from Baltimore, and therefore have a particular interest and stake in Region 7's environmental and climate justice issues. Because of this, I recently had and eye...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

11/29/12

Those fighting for the mountains and those who make the mountains their home have won a crucial victory. On Thursday, November 15, 2012, Patriot Coal became the first U.S. operator to stop large-scale mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining. Patriot Coal is known for destructive large-scale mining...

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Angela Garrone

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

11/29/12

Five year old Micah looks longingly out of the window of his Portsmouth, VA home as the kids walk home from school as they plan to toss their book bags on their beds, grab a snack and run back outside to enjoy the final daylighthours playing with friends before dinner. Micah won’t be able to do any...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Environmental Health

11/29/12

On the heels of our highly divided presidential election, I had a cordial post-election discussion with friends, a mixed group of Republicans and Democrats. (Yes, this is still possible, even in Texas!) One friend said, “One of the things I love most about this country is that no matter what...

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Gina Carroll

Environmental Health

11/29/12

It is a no-brainer: Healthy children are the key to the future of America. Understanding that children are more vulnerable to environmental hazards than the adults around them, and knowing that children cannot identify hazards or get out of harm’s way, our elected officials should ensure that all...

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Claire Barnett

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

11/29/12

When a child's health is on the line, moms will often stand up in truly courageous ways. Like the mothers in the small, rural community of Lindsay, California who were concerned about how pesticides were affecting their children. These central valley moms enrolled in a project back in 2006 to...

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Kristin Schafer

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

11/29/12

A new study says: Yes, air pollution may be a factor contributing to autism . Researchers at the University of Southern California and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles looked at 500 children in California, half of whom had autism, finding that pollution may affect the developing brain among children...

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Diane Bailey

Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

11/29/12

Asthma is the single most common chronic condition among children in the United States – currently 7 million children suffer from asthma. It is the leading cause of missed school days and accounts for more than $10 billion in health care expenditures each year. Now more than ever, we need to work...

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